I have read hundreds of stories about ICANN voting to allow the creation of an unlimited amount of domain extensions in the mainstream media. Each and everyone of these article talks about an adult extension .xxx/.sex or some other version as a foregone conclusion in terms of popularity among users and applicants. The question is how can ICANN approve an adult extension now having turned down … [Read more...]
Fight Against New Extensions
This is a Guest Post by Seb ICANN is opening the door to a huge mess for companies of all size, SMBs to Fortune 500. Companies were used (should i say forced) to register their company name and brands in all new extensions ICANN would come up with : .eu / .mobi / .asia. These are nothing but defensive registrations, mostly not resolving or simply redirecting to the .com corporate … [Read more...]
ICANN Opens Flood Gates To New Extensions
ICANN has unimously voted to allow an unlimited amount of new TLD's, using any combination of letters and numbers, including non-Latin characters. In CNN article annoucing the decision it states in part: """The decision could spell the end for traditional Web addresses ending .com and .org and country names like .jp or .fr with Web sites able to use easier-to-remember suffixes such as .hotel … [Read more...]
ICANN Vote is Today
ICANN is expected to vote to approve a proposal which will open the flood gates creating an almost unlimited amount of domain extensions. Pricing seems to be set between $100K-$500K for each new extension. Any extension that get more than one proposal will wind up being auctioned off the the highest paying registry. This has already stired talk of some seven figures prices that will be … [Read more...]
Some raise concerns over ICANN Plan for “New” Extensions
From the Paris ICANN's meeting, where every seat was filled, more than 1,400 participants attended the new top-level domain (TLD) workshop Monday afternoon. Reports from the meeting, have quoted various people having some negative comments about allowing hundreds of new extensions, Jay Scott Evans, former chair of ICANN’s Intellectual Property Constituency and senior legal advisor for … [Read more...]
SCAM ALERT: ICANN UNDER PHISHING ATTACK AND THERE AFTER YOUR DOMAINS
I just received this message in my inbox, which looks like its from ICANN. You will be getting one too soon. Looks like a very sophisticated and organized phishing attack. They are not using an obviously fake web address. They are using the domain Icannresolve.com All the links on the page go back to Icann.org and resolve properly, however they are trying to trick you into entering your … [Read more...]
So are you Ready For Hundreds of New Domain Extensions?
During the ICANN Meeting in Paris this week, ICANN annouced that it was seriously considering whether to opening up domain names to endless variations and approve hundreds of new extensions including .berlin, .paris, .quebec .cat (for Catalonia) and one for the big apple, .nyc "We're talking about introducing potentially thousands more names," said Paul Levins, executive officer of Icann "The … [Read more...]